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Free expression in the age of the Internet : social and legal boundaries

Author: Jeremy Harris Lipschultz
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.
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"In Free Expression in the Age of the Internet, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz investigates the Internet and its potential for profound change, analyzing the use of its technology from social, political, and economic perspectives. Lipschultz provides new insights on traditional legal concepts such as marketplace of ideas, social responsibility, and public interest, arguing that from a communication theory perspective, free  Read more...
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Lipschultz, Jeremy Harris, 1958-
Free expression in the age of the Internet.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000
(OCoLC)607398348
Online version:
Lipschultz, Jeremy Harris, 1958-
Free expression in the age of the Internet.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000
(OCoLC)607735938
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jeremy Harris Lipschultz
ISBN: 0813391083 9780813391083 081339113X 9780813391137
OCLC Number: 41981965
Description: xv, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Social communication theory of free expression: politics and the Internet --
A historical look at traditional legal thought on free expression --
Broadcast versus print models of free expression --
Normative legal versus social theory approaches to free expression --
Reno v. ACLU: a legal test in the age of the Internet --
The Drudge report and the Clinton scandal: a case study in Internet content --
A survey of the range of Internet content --
E-mail, listservs, and other personal forms of free expression --
The special case of invasion of privacy --
Property and commercial rights in a digital age --
Comparative international issues --
Toward thinking about free expression in a digital age.
Responsibility: Jeremy Harris Lipschultz.
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"In Free Expression in the Age of the Internet, Jeremy Harris Lipschultz investigates the Internet and its potential for profound change, analyzing the use of its technology from social, political, and economic perspectives. Lipschultz provides new insights on traditional legal concepts such as marketplace of ideas, social responsibility, and public interest, arguing that from a communication theory perspective, free expression is constrained by social norms and conformity."--BOOK JACKET.

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